LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 18, 2011

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB850 by Zaffirini (relating to formula funding for certain semester credit hours earned for dual course credit.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill amends Section 61.059 of the Education Code by prohibiting the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board from including semester credit hours in its instruction and operations formula recommendations for dual credit courses unless the those hours are earned through: 1) a course in the core curriculum; 2) a career and technical education course that applies to a certificate or associate's degree at the providing institution; and, 3) a foreign language course.

These provisions would not apply to courses completed by a student as part of the early college education program established under Section 29.908 of the Education Code.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration

LBB Staff:

JOB, SDE, KK, JI